Life-saving suit.



LIFE SAVING SUIT. APPLICATIOK HLEQ NOV. 22. I917.

1362,? 58. Patented Apr. 9; 1918.

attain c Jerry Kerrie, O E ELI [ZABETI-I, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9,

Application filed November 22, 1917 Serial No. 203,356.

To all .10 7mm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Korno, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Life-Saving Suits, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in life saving suits.

The primary object of the present invention is the provision of a life saving device in the nature of a life preserver that is easy and inexpensive to manufacture, and may be readily worn without discomfort to the person, the device being easily put on and taken off when desired.

A further object of the device is the pro vision of a floating member adapted for positioning portions thereof in contact with the body of the wearer and arranged for accommodating the movements of the body.

Vith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination and construction of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying,

drawings, and then claimed.

In the drawings forming a Part of this application, and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a front view of the device operatively arranged upon a person,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof detached,

Fig. 3 is an interior elevational view of the device and Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view of the forward securing portions thereof.

A person 10 is illustrated in Fig. 1 having the device 11 secured in position by shoulder straps 12 and leg attaching straps 13.

A plurality of pneumatic tubes 14 are arranged having a binding or strip .15 connecting them together at one end while a similar strip 16 is attached between their opposite ends arranging the tubes 14 in parallel relation. Hold-fast devices such as buttons 17 are carried by the binding 15 while button holes 18 are arranged through the strip 16 for receiving the said buttons when the device is arranged encircling the trunk portion of the body. Each tube 14 may be individually inflated to the desired degree through a check valve 19 arranged for each tube adjacent the bindingstrip 15. The shoulder straps 12 are carried by the uppermost'tube 14 and are each provided with a buckle 20. The leg straps 13 are attached to the lowermost tube and consist of depending straps 21 each having an encircling strap or band 22 connected therewith by means of an adjustable buckle 23.

An apron or protecting covering 2st is secured to the rear sides of the tubes 14: connecting the same together and is adapted to overlie the tubes'and also may be turned .inwardly forming a lining therefor while the shoulder straps 12 at the rear of the devlce may overlie the covering 24. The covering 24 need however be only attached to the upper tube 1% and will then be free for wrapping around the adjacent tubes inwardly thereof as desired, it being understood that the tubes are connected together by the bindings 15 and 16 heretofore referred to. The device may be readily positioned upon the body for wearing as will be evident and may be easily removed by releasing the button 17 from the button holes 18. The resiliency of the tubes 14: which are preferably formed of. rubber together with their separated arrangement permitthem to conform to the shape of the body so that the same may be comfortably worn when desired.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is 1. A device of the class described comprising a plurality of pneumatic tubes, connectors between the opposite ends of the said tubes, securing means carried by said connectors, a wrapping member carried by one of the tubes and body attachin straps carried by the upper and lower tu es.

2. A device of the class described comprising a plurality of inflatable tubes of equal length, a binding attached to the op posite ends of the tubes with the latter positioned in parallelism, detachable connec tions between the said binding, a covering apron for the tubes attached to a terminal one of the tubes and adapted for overlying the adjacently positioned tubes when the device is operatively arranged, and means carried by the tubes adapted for attaching the device to the body. H 3 A device of the class described comprising a plurality of inflatable tubes of equal a length, a binding attached to the opposite ends of the tubes With the latter positioned in parallelism, detachable connections between the said binding, a covering apron for the tubes attached to a terminal one of 10 the tubes and adapted for overlying the adjacently positioned tubes when the device is operatively arranged, shoulder straps carried by the upper tube depending straps carried by the lower tube, encircling leg straps adjustably attached to the depending straps, and a check valve provided for each tube. V

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' JOHN Kort-1c.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

